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WORKING WORLD.
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ATLANTA. <IA.. MAY M. 1«H«.
UE DMIHK TO HMIIBII
Th* Itervle** »t ••• H**p»n*l-
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Ororal* •»< AAlolulna MMM>-|
-Ono who will Wako a Huolnooo at Ob> I
talnina Aukornrlboro ilßvHrmonu
flood' for
TH ft OOIIKIM WOHI.II,
Atlanta. Ha.
SPECIAL NOTICE!
We urn making arrangmuMita to visit
and apeak at various plws'i In the sur
rounding country "" she character and
objaeto of tlu* Knlghta ,nf lohor. It fa'
contemplated, afterwards, to ®*twnd th*
tour, ft* the snui* purxo**, to other parts
of Hie Hlute.
Person* wishing Information on the;
subject will please communicate with
ns, so that wo can arrange dates, «to.
W<> wish, eapttcdally, to meet the far
mers. _ w
A GROSS IMPOSITION.
Something less titan a thousand ntilee I
swat Os (not. In> Atlanta is a large and I
prosperous manufacturing establish merit
employing quite a number of hands. Its
proprietors are highly esteemed Chris
tian gentlemen.
The Htip'rlntendcnt owns entire, or is
interested in a store near by, and the
workers have to trade al that store, 'I he
average pay is ahoiit five dollars a week,
one-half of widt h they are exported to
trade ait. If they refuse to buy from
that store some excuse Is found for dis
charging them. 11 la also said that If he
knew there was a K. Os L. In the employ
of the works he would discharge him.
Now, while the lx*t flour can Im
bought in the city for Hf» to Wl cents per
9A pounds, tills store charges |LIS; and
while good clear side bulk meat can Im
bought In the city for 1 and H cents, this
store charges 10 cents |*r pound and
taller rsawwiarios iu projs>rtlon.
It will be potwlvod by this that the la
borer has about twenty-flva per cent, ex
torted from him above what Is right In
Oilier word*, really gets Init <4 for $5
earned. It Is more than prolstble that
the proprietors know nothing about this
msrciless extortion, and it makes a case
like those described by Mr. Powdariy in
the tetter wo published last week. Thia
is the maaagnment that breeds discon
tent and strikes.
Can any just minded, Christian citizen
wonder that wage earners are restive "f
Should they submit it ?
Powderly la Annoyed.
SCMIAFTOF, Pa, * General Master Work
man Powderly expressed great annoy
ance over the pubHoaHon of his secret
oiKUlar when a reporter called on him
this afternoon. Tn reply to the question
as to whether the manifesto was genuine,
he said I
Yes. it i« genuine and la correct, except
In one sentence. I see the types have
taken the emphasis out of that sentence
and made it ridiculous. lam represent
ed in saying : ’ln the hand of men en
tirely great the pen la mightier than the
sword.’ To this I add I 'ln the hands
of men entirely mouth the gnu is harm
less as the sword.’ In my original ml
drees I quoted the words of Ihdwer as
follows i •Tn the hands of men entirely
great the pen in mightier than the sword,’
and supplemented them liy saying to this
f add : ‘ln the hands of men entirely
mouth the gun la harmless as hie word/ ” ■
" Have you any knowledge as to the
action token l»y the K nights of I ahor
throughout the country in regard to the
anarchist riots In Chicago?"
"I have. Tn all parts of the country ■
resolutions have been passed denouncing
the actions of the men who disgraced the
streets of < ’lilcago/’
" Is the next meeting of the general as
ermbly likely to take cognisance of the
< ’hies go disturlmnoes f
•• Probably not directly, but some leg
islation la likely to lie adopted far the
spredy expulsion from the order of men
who would advocate or uphold such law
res methods as those of the aaarehlata."
_ » a» e
SIGNIFICANT,
Ata recent gathering of a conaidera
bln number of rttisen*. comprising all
shades of political opinion, the guberna
torial question was broached. As the
.discussion progressed and got warm. It
developed that as between Ikwon and
Gordon those |>re**nt were equally di
vkled. Hut it further developed that all,
except one wore ojqweed to both, and If
they had the chance would vote for
aontebody else
That somebody else proved to bo WIL
y,iam ;U Fai.to*.
i—- -**■*■* ————
H'UI «M(M> owe define th* difference be-
IWMD wow at a faro tank and tlw
earns amcawst made on the stock ex.
< hangs in street? I. It not a case
pf twcedlfduto And tweed lode-dee.
THE BUCK LIST INFAMY AGAIN
W* puhllshwi two Hters, and com
menfol on Htani al mma length, In a late
tesua of the WoMlfl* W<oun T?w
to<t* develop'*'* **? ♦*’"* *»P'*’ , f p .
togwher with th# forma of contmctej
used by msnufacturers In Atlanta when
employing labor, devalopidthe sordlnoM
and Iwrlmroiis ealfohneaa of aggregatod j
capital. Now mms* the Information that
the '■blacklisting’* of all railroad nmchan-
Irs and shop workers who h*long to Ute
Knights of l-nlmr, and have been mit
during the j.r>»cnt strike on the Gould *
system has la-gun, It kt reported, on other i
roods ln|tho West. Printed Hats of striking
mechanics, have been MNm in tlie f«s
-wsmlou of superiatendento sod hire men.
Men wlwse nsnus are -found on them
cannot olAaln work, Hrmdmastor Rock
well, on the (fould rosuls, directs tl»e dis
charge of all Knights of Latsw. It kt
wlmittod that the Wabash sy<em has
lsw-n administered by Mr. Talmage so as
to practically exclude all Knights of I*-
lew from scrvica therarm. The employee
boycott; the blacklist is mA extensively
denounced, however widely applied. In
New York the Third Avenue Railway
have nlremly anmmnml a boycott i
against ths executive affirm of tba En»-1
pirn Prob-r-tiva Association."
We have come into powimeiou of the ;
following infm-matk-n m to tie- Yard:
Master's Benefit Awxsialion of the ■
Hnitod Htab*a ami l-anada. We in ,
vita special attention to it, end earnestly ■
In vita ami urge all our readers to read it
carefully, and then j<a*« it their rodgh
bors.
Article M-vnr>t<-en, section 1 <»f tMr
(Jonstltiitlon roads s
" Any member who shall engage in a
strike, <>r shaii encmirags othara ta en
gage in one, shall lx- expelled frrwn this
Association,and shall 1* f'/rever detswred
from is-r-omlng a member. His name
shall be sent to each division and placed j
on file; also a list shall lx, kept by the
Grand Hacratsry, whose duty it shall be
bi notify ail Illvlaions."
Under this article circular letters exm
taining the information were addr*sa*l
to and receipt m:knowla<lgsd by each :
Yard Master.
A Division could he organized at pointe |
where there ware five or rwsre Yard!
Masters.
Another section, [Hissed xuhaM|U*ntly |
to the printing of the Constitution, we i
saw frt-ovides that each Yard Master shall:
Immediately notify the Htqx-rintandent'
of the road, also. This was promtrad try i
the monopolies by rn-ts and mettaxls t*st
known to themselves, and mm verted thia
Assrxlation originally Intamted as a
Mutual Benefit organization into an in
famous detective agency, A (though op
[xalta U> strikes, as the starve extract:
proves, it did not go far enoogh to suit
monopoly, so nrionopoly prmmred tegisla-
Uon that would forever shut the striker
out, and to make it aura rd accomplish
ing its inhuman work, not only shrmld
the Yard Master be informed, that the |
party might he btoc.klixtsd, tait the Hu
perlnterulent I* notified, so as tr> shut
him off entirely frmn employment in any
other ca|>acity.
Yet lata* must nrd orgardre for its
protection.
ffiteww iinixiiiiitiia.iiin pi iiiuiKMinniM.iaai.f r I
The New Legreea in the South,
(>rgan I ration is taxaning at Atlanta,
Ga, and there Is aeorj <4 it. f Yiild iaix<
Is one of the curses in the great cotton
fa< trwias there and these children are
treated If anything a little worse than
slaves. The Wokmino Woar.o of Atlan
ta, which is doing BObie work in that
; field, has Just Iswm showing up the infa
: moue contracts enfortsad by some <jf th*
* factories there, whereby parents of the
! children bind themselves not to " hrdd
i the Mtepany responsible in damages f/<
; any Injury »x> the child through any ae
! ddent from machinery or otherwta*,**
I etc, AH adult employee are also forced
to sign similar czmtracte atatoiving the
comfiany from all liability for damages
resulting "u> said employes from what
are called acoidento, whether tr»tn ma
chinery, th* negligence of any Mher em
ploye or jwwsons employer! by the rx/rre
pany, or for any cause whaterver.”
Wives whrs* hustands are employed,
and huslxsnds wbrxw wives take work in
the slave pens of this " New fiouth." must
likewise sign away ail right to rer rrvar
damages In case of the death m injury
of their spouses thrmigh the negligence
lawn of -<*porate greed. A more dam- j
nabfo system of industrial slavery never
existrsl than thia which has developed in
hell’s cotton mills at Atlanta. Wore
power to the arm of the Wrrggiso
Wcai.n, that it may I* enatdsxl right
speedily |o "knor fc mit ” the of I
the new slave system.—j We thank r«r
aide contemporary, the Workman, Grand
Rapids, Mich., for the kindly mention of
the Woßgiso Woat.o and umptalifiad
Indorsement of ita rsewae,—W. W. f
T|* Walker county Maanenger to «►
ported to have accused Gen Gordon whb
hav|hg eriM hie Mwnataxrtal seat for "Joe
Broeti's gold.'’
Tl|n<»ridicubme ' •' pw teown " tfon't
pass his “ g«dd " arrnnel that way. He
might disfday and dtofsae of »<»« trrwe>
He "cabbages and keeps all Uam get
of " gold ” and other like valttalitee, and
vegeteidra,
Tltc Im stur HI lahor Bulteiosatote
*' If everytasjy h M a right to gat laimr
where R can Ist bad cheapest, what ob
jectton to there to a revival of the slave
trade ? The Arabs can eateh '• mgg«r*'
clwapontbs "costet" and they would
r>4 be trouhted with the hrr.siss of the
Knighto of Iss’or f,< wawtime."
[’ URAL LAW VI. U. 1 f’RACTI'F
An "alleged Interview between a
United Htotes ->fH**r se i a r«q*eter is
l<td,l)*hed tn the Oitadibillon r<f WedrGp
'lay, IWh, HomctaiW nr uth*r. thte artb
cle, and many others—rdlps and wprllw
i evince esnltetton at any prrnjiwtive col
lision between the jmdilMtlonleta and the
antis, and th* sw«*««i of th* latter wh*n
' they achieve any. There is evidently a
latent sjdrit -a strong under tow—pee*
<-nt In editorial mind <4 th* f>>nstit*rti</n.
which, at times, crops out in spite of Its
usually well guarded reserve.
W« are try no means spfeebensive of
any collision between the city and United
Htates aiitta/rities althougb it must iw
confeawl our " bx-al option ” legislation
mustdirsctly /xmfikt with United Htates«
" rights * in the matter.
The short way out of the difficulty,
and away tlrnt would aid the temper- j
aw* <XMM* and lie a ix-nefit to the poofde,
would lie to empty ail the whisky now
in fxmM<»i<*« of th* government, or that
may w/me into ita |xxst*ssimi, on to the
ground—dewtrrxy it. Its total value to
the g'zvemment is insignificant and
wmdd never he miseed ; if sold it grew on
! ita mission of dentru<-tton, after lining
sold where Um jieople have by vote de
l tlieir opposition to ita sal*, arxi
' forbid<b-n it.
-.-a.— <wvn—
Reductio ad Abssrdum.
MaMw/d>iM«l4« funiisliss, among otiier
; luriosties, a man from Boston wtai says
that "tits of a well-conditioned
life" in that city " for Reel, shelter,
dotliing, fuel and laowlry, may I* eov
ered by Gt* wrw 'if |l7i a year, tearing
witldn tire limit 'X fW) per annum; tZb
for stmdrtes and luxuries.’’ “ Tie- firoie
lem," lie says, "is to fxevent tl-e waste
rd f/xxl, for the prir*'if GxxT to half tlte
price of life, a .'id half tite fwice of f'xxl
!is wasted for want 'if the knowte*lg*
j of how to Ituy it arxl how to c/x/k it.”
" tadve the pr'dAem,” says this ivxirxe
j mist, " and you solve th* lata* question,
,f« if a man knows ixiw to live he rwn
live toda) at a very low prkw, sml if h*
I ta intelligent, he may earn the prle* at
| tli* cost of very little labor,” A man can
live without any hmo* at all, and it#
i needs n/> garments or fuel, or IfHNUiryt
' h* can stay in a dug 'sit awl rdotb* him
j self with skins, and wash hi* person in a
j stream, and do without fire; arel a* to
I his fare I* 'aan live on r'xita arid iwvte
! and such fleah as be '*n tatein from an
i Imais JfT<f nutur<f. That atari would
i wdve the lata* question, arid io ad'iiti'*i
to that, th* proMem 'if ctvilizatom as
well. But Us* H'wt'm merchant and the
New England manafa'torev w'*dd have
a jvetty dry time in taMinsan if peopfo
generally were to adopt the BtiOon plan
of <S''*x*rry. -TT»e flay Htar.
-we-
What Is Money t
Mi/ntry is a legal instrument cr*a»*d by
law power* and properlies c<*ifa*re*l i>y
law. Uke a note of hand, rts powers and
! pr/qx-rtiea depend entirely ori fte term*,
and do not, need wd, and md, de
pend on the value of the paper or metal
upon which said term* are recorded or
expresaed.
On th* contrary, it ts improperly a»-
eumad that '*>!y goto or silver is or can
ie m'siey, '* some suietitate eouwwtibte
into said gold'Midi ver. The fact tlsat there
ta not one thousandth part a* mm.-h gold
soil silver a* to ne'esnary to do tlw busi
ness of the world to not vlmitted as a
Just 'Aijerdton to thto theory.
It is assume'i by these wonbiH*ws 'if
th* goiden calf that gold end silver ar*
money iiy divine right, rsgardias* of hu
man ena''tment. If thto aemmfdion to
admitted, it to highly prMwlte tfcat the
final Judgment awl end of the w/*id
will Mime when try wane nnknowu agen
cy Its entire gold and silver are deetmyed,
Furtlier wmtlnoane* of man's extotevxw
would lav fmjxswdite. The fire tut
and avsrlr* having no longer gold or wit
v«v to feed upon, its flames w'mld of ne
cernity '-onsooi* all suMunary things,
Alas, what supreme wmsease thto to, and
y*t, in some rMpects, ft is wlv'xwUxl try
men who should have •»'** Ismevotere e
and mor* senseßs,
The Special Session.
•fay Gould to very busy (xwting tlae
public on the work 'if the M*nmg semwm
!of the K. of at f.’levetaad, He says it
to a ertoto in the history of th* order, »wi
tti*» iw goes '«■, s*ys tie T-4edo IO.)
: News, b» concoct a coritast between Few
'terly and Irone f'< suprema/.-y. Tn this
the month spenk* fr'im the follnewf of
the heart Mr Gould hopes that such a
contest estate and that the old, <44 far'w
of wrekmgmen quamding among them
wive* wiH he amneted.
Os ««i». every Knight of TeJxir
knows that thto talk to all oosmwmw, but
outsider* don't know it and Jay hopes
that such a contest can te
W* are happy to inform the enemies
'd ths 'Oder that there will i* no wrang
. ling or factions ui the <<*>v»nt»oo. The
order has tewn growing lately Iwyond ail
esfisctations. and prwisiruw must he
mad* for the organising sod sxtacateng
'if Um new material now in and k«x» k
mg tur odmtMoiim. The tendency to
WMue time on little nonsensical boycott*
and strike* must fas turned to the hercu
lean t**k of era* J* ate ng awl
i caasas.
Th* convention pronsam to be haraso
niou*, and when HW tabun <ta*e «t wiU be
dtacovemd that it to mmtofxdy and not
the K. of L, that b nearing a erase.
—■im i i m
A Georgia hunter, M years old. says
that anas be begun haattag he baa kilted
tel deer and 147 aMtgatan.
TMI CONVICT LRABt NVBTBM <
I
The ’’Olsed Bw*at ’’ «< Labur Drip- 1
II
ping into the Coffers of Mo-
nopoly < |
Th* workingmen alt over thto Union J
pr«tesili»g against tho use 'if convict j'
tabor m antagonizing free lalxw. H*r» '
In Gwegta and around Atlanta you ar*
heavily burdened with this monopoly.
The " aoined sweat" of th* workers in 1
your Order, to coltacted into the Ntate
Treasury, larol tl»'«s tax** will come, If ,
you are oM out of your herne, to get it*. '
Then this money to pa»d '«t to jwigee,
oolirit/*.. Kberiff-, deputtes, juries and
jailors, to captan, connct and turn over
to the convict lessees the criminals, who J
titan become the belptes* slave* 'X pri
rate iwlividuals-eto be worked for all
they are worth for tlieir own individual
interests. The vitest wretch imprixonwl
for life to worked no harder tiian the J
pix* tanner who tool* a middling of meat
and if the murderer w aiite-taxlied and
useful, be will tie made txim over the 1
pcx* creature who has tanned in the
slight transgrestaon and tallen into the
dutches of the law. You have not for-, 1
gotten that leutal murder on tiie CTiatta-
Imochee river, and how convict money
saved the btack brute from the halter.
Tltere to the great wrong of the present
convict teww. Tlieretono puntabment!
inflicted on ttie alite-taxher villain, who
ewasje* the gallows by a plea—white the
young, and feeble connete are ctebaaed
U> the deptlM of degradation by amstant
Mintact and brutalization.
The MXivk-t te*v*s have m<mop<,Jize'i
the brick work of Atlanta. Even tbe
State is nr A allowed to use tier convicts
t/, ixfiid tier Htate Capifoi, but slie to
forced totary the brick made by her own
I convkto, ami pay die “ coined sweat ’’ of
: your laix*, into Ita: fx/ kete of tliese con
vict ixuMw - wlrnn tlw labor of ttawe eon
victs lietoogs to tlx tex-payers—and not
Pc those wi/*iopoh*ta. How long will
you stami it?
The signs 'X tlw times are ominous,
and these ouivta.-t taxises see ttie band-1
writing on lite wall. They know tlie |
Mate will not endure iit'ut n/rong and j
enormity much Jonger, Ttie ery of-
I" vrated right* ” will uiA maintain in the I
face 'if " vmted wrongs." To eva<te and :
proUmg tlieir power, they propose U> put.
one <A tlieir «wn c-rowd into tl»e Bxecu-1
’ tire chair.
To taiid these uprighteous gains, they j
pr'ijxise to elect John H. Gordon—him
seif a tawee in days just, end most likely
a tense* now. He texA a share in IK7fi—
for which he ptM nothing. He drew
out P*ty-five par cent, profit in one teas'-
Mxnjiany. He made walls around a
siiesp rarxdw, ami he cultivated cotton
and whatever else be jiteased to do, with
thase stavm Ndrns, the keeper, turned
over to him HW, at <*ie time. No won
ter he could live In style, and build a
liatetial residenoe go to Eurojie and
Sfxewl himself In New York Oty,
Now It to fw'iposed to etect him ftov-1
mor, tlrnt th* convict teweee may con
tinue U> depren* the prices of free talx*,
wxl give a m'*»'4»<dy Pi 'xmvk4 labor.
'Dm "coined sweat ” of the working men
•A (ieotnie to drawn out by law, that a
supply of staves may be kept up for the
use nt thto man and bi* convict tease
'■onfrentMMtd it has been <Un»t sinrw lH7fi
The Mate of Georgia gets only twenty
j five tbotnand 4<iltar* rental from ail iter
convicts—and she often has aa high as
fifteen hundred and over. Out of this
| the Htate pays the sakrtes and traveling
espersws of • Prindpel Keeper—and all
the tawda 'X offP.-iata under him—a keep
er, in earn* only—whose only duty to to
handle the <xmvfets as they are turned
out >A the jail U> the lessee*, and for j
which service, many ttanMawls of tlie \
I " coined sweat ” 'X talx* is jxud out. '
• Yss, you are taxed on your work to pro-1
• vid* j/ta' ** for a Brini ijad Kesqier and ,
his un'terstrapperx whose work'ut to run up
and 4own the railroad now, and. etec- j
to*j*er for Gen. J<dm B. Gordon. The
The Ktate |uy* the Keeper * espenxes— j
’ u»A the tessees, and yet you ami the j
men <X Georgia must now be driven to
the i>oih Pr eitslave yourselves, and to
forever fevten coavitA tewees on the State
•A (h-orftn. Are you goinr: P> do it ?
let us we bow badly we fare in Geor
gia enmfuire'l U> Tennessee. I have in ]
my posusMiion a tetter from the Comp- j
troUer of that Mate, who in answer to a ;
quest am replies in tliese words :
"There are generally on an average
IVH> c'Uivi'.te in our State priaon. We
rent tlswa out on W* years tease, at the
rate of f<er annum.
Very reapuetfully,
F. P, PK’gAlUl.
Comptr'dter.
We often have UM in Use prisons of
Georgia. We get |2S,<XX) for them, out
•A wltach we pay nearly half to Ute Prin
cipal Keeper—tab deputies, physicians, ,
etc. We get literally nothing, if the cod -
(A the mpture and conviction in deduct ■
sad—in fact, many t)sxu>ai>k worse Utan
nothing. Yet we are Udd yo can t alter ,
this wrong— you shan't alter it, because
the convict ring 'onixote the State of
(teorgia. Even the otaored people are
mad* to vote for the Miovict ring, and
hind ibemsebe* and their unfortunate
' hibireu to these master* who are so re
gsrdtem of justaw and decency, as to
sos-H the women with the rite men. awl
to pt® U»e<r young children with the'
tusraMl viHait *of sarth. There can be no
running around to colored churches in
Uta ounpeign, to preach and sing, to
make fiegroe* vote another convict teaae
Governor into Use guhernstorial chair, j
That fa* '4ay«d out. There will be no
jmnA* t s of such a thing, unless the
rvm<h f 'andMatsstaatM g*< • rhun h
teen** In th* n*st t* n »**»♦** **• *»*f
angwe th* f*vo Mtaired pwqil* Into ♦ 'ding I
he th* »unvh-1-ring randHtt* int'»
he **vke. There will h* r»» tern
psren'e “ rm k*i“ to Pill the poof colored
jwopl* lnP> th* toile 'X lh* oowvfcl ring . I
—for temperan** do** not parttcatariy
sffiitt thta remvtet ring candidate, and |
th* clean, naked issue Is prewntel. I
" Will you vote a ivmvUA lessee inU> th* •
gubernabwial chair, or will you refuse to
vote for him 7 ” 1
He grew so rich In a night's time after ;
he left the Henate, and spread himself j
like Jonah's gourd, that he cannot need (
the ottke to live upon at this time. The
Omstituiion declares he has made enough
nxmey lately to come back to Georgia to
live {xomanently. So he has arrived —a
self-acting attachment to the Jeff Davis
excitement, and he is now going all over
the State 'and every convict lessee whoop
ing him up) crying out, "I intend to hate
the office, because I want it,” which, in
terpreted, means “ I’ll put this convict
ring into full power; I’ll collect the
"coined sweat” of working men into
the pocket* of my convict friends. I’ll
twist the Railr'iad commission into con
venient shape, until somebody gives me
a big pile of money to resign, then I'll go
to Europe, then IU live high—then I’ll
spread myself into fat offices for myself
and all my friends, and my kin, and you
men Uiat work for your daily bread,
what are you going to do about it?”
Working men, all over Georgia, are you
going to allow yourselves thus enslaved ?
Mbs, W, H. Felton.
P, B.—lt is rumored that money is to
be used to fxmtrol the Kniguta of La
bor. Spurn it, ye freemen !
A Straw.
Six of our town and county voters met
at Cartledge’s drug store in this place a
! few <lays ago. On motion, a vote took
i jhux as between Bacon and Gordon,
j which resulted as follows; Bacon 4;
' Gordon 1; neutral 1. A further canvass
resulted in disclosing the fact that nei
ther <A the candidates was the first choice
of any one present.—Dahlonega Signal.
We copy the above simply as a “straw, ’
atai to add that we publish twocomtnun
i'Mions to-<lay suggesting a third party,
and to say—two farmers came to this of-
I flee on Wednerday (one from Gwinnett,
i and another from Clayton county) who
said they did not want Gordon or Bacon,
■ but were entdusiastic for Dr. Felton.
P, S.—Sin'-e the above was in type, we
: liave revived a business letU:r from
; Home, in which the writer asks—“ Why
can’t we have Felton for Governor ? ”
And one dated Rabun Gap. May 18th,
nays—“ We Wool Hat Boys of the
Mountains in Northeast Georgia want Dr.
, Felton for Governor. We want some
i body in that <Xfice who is not and never
has been a corporation lawyer or director,
or in any way connected with railway
schemes and monopolies. Won’t Felton
' run ' ” • T
It is refiorted from Washington that
more than 5,000 private pension bill*
have been introduced in the present Con’
gress, and that recently the Senate pass
ed 500 of them in one afternoon. The
President lias begun work of vetoing
them.
Thus we go. No steps taken to pay
the public debt—while hundreds of mil
lions of dollar* lie idle in the Treasury—
whereby money will be put afloat and
labor be employed; and no steps taken
to liberate labor from the thralldom of
monopoly.
Why can’t the labor Committee, on
which so many members sought to be
■ appointed, make a report?
The pwipte must take the management
jof affaire—State and Federal—and them
selves ueiect the men to represent them,
instead of allowing the few men of a
1 cli/pie or ring to get in a small back
; room and nominate, and concoct schemes
to ele*t, men who will legislate for their
benefit, regardless of the people's inter-
I ert.
• If the people do not secure good men
they are to blame. Use the ballot to
; firotect yourselves.
We understand that General Gordon
proposes to be a candidate for gubernato
rial honors, irrespective of the actions of
, any primary or convention, Take off
j the bridle (by the way, who put the bri
dles on ?) and turn the racers loose. Let
us—for once —have a free for all—“go as
you please” race. Give the people a
chance to chqpe, untrammeled by the
edict of a self-instituted, packed conven
tion.
The farmers and thousands of working
men want their influence “ Felt-on " such
; an occasion.
Grand Master Workman T. V. Pow
derly has most emphatically declined,to
allow the use of his name as a candidate
for Governor of Pennsylvania. He pro
' poses to devote his lime and attention to
the cause of lalior. “ Three cheers for
Powderly,” says the Trenton (N. J.) Sun
day Advertiser, "the grand leader of a
mighty movement for the elevation and
unjirciement of America’s sturdy toil
ers!” . '
A Woodville. Green county correspon
dent writes : “ Our people do uot favor
either Gordon or Bacon for Governor—
as they consider both to be “ ring ” can
didates. As Felton is known not to be
connected with any “ ring ” and hated
and opposed by the corruption ” ring
leaden, they have confidence in him,and
will support him.”
CONVICT LABOR AGAIN
Mr. BtattM’a "Stark u<| WWta”
Knight* •( Label, Awafc* |
M>m*fay. in th* City C<mn< il. the fal
lowing wim offered, and referred to Mr
Tyler <»*q»>r‘a committee, who h*»
pledged hi* licet efforts to get th* legu
iature to adopt it:
•• By I'cnncihnMi Angier:
IGwoI.VFJx, The Oommittee on Special
legislation of the City Council publish
the usual notice, and memorialize the
legislature to enact the following bill as
an amendment to the city charter :
TITLE.
"To amend an Act entitled an Act to es
tablish a new' charter for the city of
Atlanta, approved February 28th, and
the several acts amendatory thereof,
conferring upon the Mayor and Gener
al Council of Atlanta full power and
authority to exclude from all contracts
In which the city is interested, or from
all public work the city does, or has
done, Convict Labor, or arty materi
als, or other articles, that are made’by
or are t»*e product of convict labor -,
and that in the paving of streets, lay
ing of sidewalks, building of sewers, or
other w ork, authorizing the Mayor and
General Council to exclude from any
such work any bid of any contractor
who doe* not stipulate in his bid, and
obligate himself by contract with the
city not to buy or use any materials,
articles, Or products that are made by
CoMvrCT Labor ; and for other pur
poses :
The Senate and House of Representa
tives of the State of Georgia, in General
Assembly met, do enact:
Section 1. The Mayor and General
Council of the city of Atlanta shall have
full power and authority, and they are
hereby empowered, to exclude from all
contracts in which the city is interested,
or from all public work the city does, or
has ordered done, Convict Labor, or
any materials, or other articles, that are
made by or which are the products of
Convict Labor ; and that in the mate
rials used in the paving of streets, laying
of sidewalks, building of sewers, or other
w*rk, fully authorizing the Mayor and
General Council to exclude from any
such work, or contracts therefor, any bid
of any contractor who does not stipulate
in his bid, and solemnly obligate himself
by contract with the city, under a heavy
penalty, not to use or buy for such pur
pose any materials, articles, or products
which are made by Convict Labor.
Sec 2. Repeals existing laws.
At the conclusion of the reading of his
bill, Councilman Angier stated that, as
he construed the City Attorney’s opinion
on the petition of the Knights of Labor,.
District Assembly No. 105, presented by
Mr. G. K. Woodward, Secretary, the City
Council did not have the chartered power
to forbid Convict Labor from city work,
but that it would require additional leg
islation to do so. ~Tle offered TheT'pro”
posed amendment to ask the Legislature
to give the city express power to out
law Convict Labor. Mr. Angier said a
similar bill was before the Legislature at
the July session of 1884, but that it had
been smothered in the Judiciary Com
mittee by members from Fulton county,
Captain Ellis being our only Representa
tive that battled for it. Mr. Angier
stated the Knights of Labor and the vo
ters generally would see to it the com
plexion of the next Representatives from
Fulton county was different, and would
be men favoring this bill. Here Mjr.
Beattie sneeringly interrupted—" What
complexion? White or black?” ,Mr-
Angier retorted: “No man, whijte or
black, would get within fifty miles of
admission to the State Capitol in thKnext
General Assembly who did 'not pledge*
himself against Convict Labor.”
We want our readers to clearly under
stand that the victory the Knights of
Labor achieved in the City Council a few
meetings ago, was more of a moral tri
umph, the recognition merely of a prin
ciple. Now’, the Angier amendment goes
right into the camp of the enemy, and
proposes to reap substantial, practical
real benefits and results. We print
the Angier amendment entire, and want
our people to read it, and show it to your
neighbors. Don’t vote for any candidate
who won’t pledge himself to support this
amendment, and make it a part of our
■ charter. With the Angier amendment
a law, you will see brickyards, rock
quarries, and other industries run by free
i labor flourishing, employing many hands
i at good wages. Let the Knights of Au
gusta, Columbus, Macon and Savannah
get their City Councils to move for simi
lar amendments to their city charters,
i We have the substance in sight now,
not a mere shadow.
ANXIOUS FOR LIGHT.
’ The demand for speakers to give infor
mation oral'y to the people as to the aims
and objects of the Order, as well as in
' structiuns as to how to proceed to organ
ize assemblies of K. of L., is in the high
est degree gratifying and encouraging.
‘ The outlook is exceedingly promising,
and we shall be much disappointed if
within the next few months there are
not more than a hundred new assemblies
organized in Georgia. Correct and full
information and instructions from well
posted and properly authorized members
are all that is needed to secure this re
sult.
1 A lock-out by the association of cloth
• ing manufacturers, in Chicago, has
1 thrown 20,000 to 30,000 sawing people
out of work.